Irish Birding Sighting Record
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Irish Birding Sighting Record |
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| Website : | www.irishbirding.com | ||||||||||
| Sighting URL : | https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/102909/Cattle_Egret.html | ||||||||||
| Sighting Ref : | IB102909 | ||||||||||
| Sighting Date : | 04 Oct 17 | ||||||||||
| Common Name : | Cattle Egret | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name : | Bubulcus ibis | ||||||||||
| Location : | Inver | ||||||||||
| County : | Donegal | ||||||||||
| Number Seen : | 1 | ||||||||||
| Principal Observer(s) : | Frank McDaid Not Specified | ||||||||||
| Reported By : | Michael Cunningham | ||||||||||
| Comments : | At 4pm on 4th October, Frank McDaid spotted a Cattle Egret sitting on one of his cattle at Drimadart, Inver, Co Donegal. It then hitched a ride on some local sheep that were obviously not used to this kind of interaction and they tried to chase it off. It persisted in following the sheep and snapped at insects disturbed by the sheep's passing. I was happy to get a few shots of this extremely rare visitor to Ireland. | ||||||||||
| Status : | See IRBC Appendix 1 | ||||||||||
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| Photographer(s) : | © Michael Cunningham | ||||||||||
